The Association of Jewish Camp Owners (AJOC) and a group of parents who plan to send their children to these camps are set to file suit on Thursday afternoon to ask the court to grant permission for sleepaway camps to open this summer in New York State.
According to Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, Director of New York Government Relations for Agudas Yisrael of America who has been working together with camp owners and parents on this issue, the suit will argue that New York State’s decision to forbid camps this year constitutes a violation of the Orthodox community’s First Amendment right and that it inhibits the free exercise of religion.
A request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) will follow at the beginning of next week, which is customarily followed by a response from the other side of the case…
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More from JTA quoting Councilman Kalman Yeger “Sleepaway camps should open despite the Governor’s order”:
This week, NYC Councilman @KalmanYeger told me that sleepaway camps should open despite the governor's order that only day camps be allowed to open.
Now a lawsuit is challenging the governor's decision, arguing that it's a first amendment issue. https://t.co/jHDkfA9BbT
— Shira Hanau (@shirahanau) June 18, 2020
